The Netherlands beat Wales (2-1) by one goal at stumps and are leading Group 4 of the Nations League – 08/06/2022

Cardiff, United Kingdom, 8 June 2022 (AFP) – Striker Wout Weghorst (90 + 4)’s stoppage-time goal in the Netherlands victory over Wales, leading them to 6 points in their Nations League group. Controversy this Wednesday in the second round of the Continental Tournament.

“Oranje” opened the scoring with a shot from Teun Koopmeiners early in the second half (50) and Rhys Norrington-Davies equalized in the end (90 + 2) which led Welsh to believe they had scored a point. But the celebration was short-lived, and soon came the bucket of cold water.

After two rounds in Group 4 of the Nations League, the Netherlands are leading by 6 points, along with Belgium and Poland 3 (after the ‘Red Devils’ 6-1 defeat on Wednesday) and Wales last. At the end of the season returning to the World Cup after 64 years of beating Ukraine 1-0 last Sunday, star Gareth Bale’s team had already reached his best goal, but scored no points. repechage.

After that historic classification and the celebrations that followed, the Welsh coach opted for a new system against the Netherlands, who did not even enter the field with the goal scorers after their excellent performance last Friday (4-1) in Brussels. In the win against Belgium – Bergwig, Dumbries and Debe – and no other stars like De Jong, Van Dijk, Silsen … Of the regular openers, only Juventus center-back Mathiz de Lict started playing.

It was set up with some game proposals and rare chances for a goal in the first half, with Dutch goalkeeper Mark Flecken (26) having difficulty saving Harry Wilson’s free kick.

– Eleven games not lost – Coach Louis van Gaal’s team approached Adam Davis’ goal with real danger early in the second half when he replaced Danny Ward at half time: Dean Coopmeiners shot from 30 yards out. The ball hit the post (49).

It was a warning of what would happen a minute later when Davis (50) threw a low right-footed shot that could not be reached after the Netherlands’ long attacking game ended with the ball at the feet of Coupminers.

Van Gaal’s goal and changes (putting Frankie de Jong and Steven Bergwiz on the field) put the Dutch side on hold as it was difficult for the Welsh to hold the ball and damage the Orange.

When Rice Norington-Davis took the lead, only the addition of Gareth Bale (77) seemed to give the Welsh team some strength. Initial balance of discounts. But then came Wekorstin’s goal, which allowed the Dutch to accumulate 11 games without defeat (8 wins and 3 draws).

The Netherlands welcomes Poland on Saturday, while the Belgians arrive in Wales.

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